We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of men.

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.

Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.